Chapter 6

6:8  And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:

take nothing (See Scofield "Matthew 10:9")

scrip provision-bag.

purse belt.

6:14  And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

Herod

Son of the Herod of our Lord's nativity; also vs. Mark 1:16-18 Mark 1:20-22 See margin ref., Matthew 14:1 (See Scofield "Matthew 14:1")

6:20  For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

and observed

kept him safely, and, hearing him, did many things, hearing him gladly.